Overview
We elect officials in hopes that they will make our communities safer, yet their widely-endorsed law enforcement strategies have little effect on crime rates. Active crime prevention must take into account the diversity of crimes and criminals. High-quality evaluation research designs are needed to convince scholars, policy makers, and practitioners about the effectiveness of crime prevention techniques. Building a Safer Society, the most comprehensive exposition of research and experience concerning crime prevention ever published, offers a new conceptualization of the subject incorporating developmental, community, situational and law enforcement approaches. This timely collection will especially interest scholars in law, criminal justice, public policy and public administration.
- | Author: Michael Tonry
- | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- | Publication Date: Apr 01, 1995
- | Number of Pages: 704 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0226808254
- | ISBN-13: 9780226808253
